Scots care home in lockdown after major coronavirus outbreak

coronavirus outbreak at a Scots nursing home branded “weak” for its Covid-19 response. Mavisbank Care Home in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow, confirmed the deaths and said 11 staff members and seven residents remain positive for the virus following an outbreak in recent weeks.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A MUM-of-four caught pocketing £20,000 in benefits after failing to reveal she was living with a partner has been hit with a six-month curfew order.Kirsty Benn didn’t tell the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) she was living with Mark Campbell at her home in Wallyford, East Lothian.The 35-year-old benefits cheat appeared for sentencing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday after admitting the charge at

a four-nation approach to the festive season was confirmed on Tuesday night. She admitted some people thought the decision to allow people to form a "Christmas bubble" with three households over a five day period was too little, but others thought it was terrible.

jailed for five years after a horrendous nine-year campaign of abuse against former partners. Gavin Cooper was sent down at the High Court in Edinburgh for the series of offences against three of his exes between 2010 and 2019.

Christmas gifts as parts of Scotland prepare to enter into level four restrictions tonight. Eleven council areas will move into the highest tier of the Scottish Government’s coronavirus alert system at 6pm this evening.

Glasgow care worker who was caught producing herbal cannabis has found himself in bother with a watchdog. Christopher Robin failed to tell the Scottish Social Services Council that he had been charged with the controlled drug offence in October 2019.

dementia, was visited at the Aspen Hill Village care home by her policewoman daughter Denise Hobbs.Owners of the home in Leeds said they were evicting the 78-year-old - who is originally from Stirling - because Denise breached visitation policy by trying talk to her frail mother through an open patio door, according to The Mirror.Denise told the Daily Express: “My mum is being evicted just because I love her and want to see her."The care home have denied any suggestion that Elizabeth is being

coronavirus death. The Instagram star said that her father had come down with the virus before he died ‘suddenly’ on Tuesday.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Neil Bibby MSP has challenged the Scottish Government to hold an inquiry into covid care homes “now, not later”.The West of Scotland MSP reiterated his call for a public inquiry days after the Scottish Parliament voted in favour of the probe getting underway immediately.The motion was agreed after government officials last week told the Express that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had always committed to an

Daily Record of the horrors she witnessed during her career as a carer, which began at the age of 18 in 2004 and lasted until 2016 when she began a new chapter as a teacher.Residents left sitting in their own urine, going hungry for hours and violent physical assaults were commonplace occurrences during Fiona’s time in the industry.She described private homes as running like “factories” and said “skeleton” staff numbers amounted to widespread neglect.Fiona believes a national care service is

West Lothian care home after her face was left black and blue from a number of dangerous falls.Isabella Reid was left with deep bruising around her eyes after she tripped in the corridor of Livingston Care Home on Friday night.Her son Jack Reid has been left furious after it was claimed her falls were a result of her slippers.Isabella was taken to St John’s Hospital in Livingston at the weekend were she was treated for her bruises.Earlier this year Isabella, who has dementia, also suffered a

independence could help safeguard the Union.

horse has been struck in the eye with a firework leaving it in 'excruciating pain and terror'. Male horse Dettori was blasted in the face by the rogue explosion near Countesswells in Aberdeen this week.

coronavirus as “weak”.Inspectors raised “significant concern” over cleanliness at Mavisbank Care Centre in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow - where residents have died after 26 people tested positive for the virus.The Care Inspectorate ordered a deep clean of the building, which supports around 45 older people and 15 young disabled people, and said staff were not always following safe hygiene practices during a visit last month.It has issued four requirements for operator HC-One to put into action

Covid outbreak was filmed doing a striptease at a boozy lockdown party.Billy Fowler and four other staff members are now under ­investigation by Scottish Borders Council after footage of the ­gathering emerged online.The care home where the five work, Saltgreens in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, has lost eight ­residents to the virus while another 16 residents and staff have tested positive.The party took place in September when Government guidance stated up to six people from only two households could

coronavirus eight months ago.  Brighid O Dochartaigh has issued a warning to other people about the devastating long-term impacts Covid-19 can have. The 47-year-old geologist, who lives in Edinburgh, was previously a fit and healthy person who enjoyed exercise outdoors.

Covid-19 in an outbreak at a Scots nursing home, we can reveal. The Ailsa Craig Care Home, in Glasgow's Cessnock area, has been ravaged by the deadly virus in recent weeks.

Lanarkshire school are growing after 'around 150 staff' and students were forced to isolate following a coronavirus outbreak. Worried parents and pupils at Taylor High School in New Stevenston, North Lanarkshire have been called for action after several pupils tested positive for the virus.

schoolboy who died suddenly are raising money for other teens struggling with their mental health. Corey Liversedge, 16, from Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, sadly passed away on October 24.His mother, Kerry, has launched an online fundraiser in her 'funny and kind' son's name.Money raised will go to an environmental charity as well as a charity that support teens dealing with mental health issues.